Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)
Flowers Foods (FLO) has disclosed Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 17.92% as the latest value for Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 2344.0% to 17.92% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.46%, a 636.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 0.46%, down 636.0% from a year prior.
- Operating Margin was 17.92% for Q1 2026 at Flowers Foods, down from 5.42% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 7.8% in Q2 2022 to a low of 19.38% in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of 0.58% and a median of 5.5% in 2024 define the central range for Operating Margin.
- Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: tumbled -4510bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 1349bps in 2024.
- Flowers Foods' Operating Margin stood at 12.09% in 2022, then surged by 34bps to 7.97% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 169bps to 5.52% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 5.42% in 2025, then plummeted by -430bps to 17.92% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FLO's Operating Margin are 17.92% (Q1 2026), 5.42% (Q4 2025), and 7.52% (Q3 2025).